In 1948, John Huston made not one, but two celluloid classics starring Humphrey Bogart. One had a title that was far too long to fit into this introduction and did much more handsomely at the Academy Awards, and the other was Key Largo.
Key Largo (1948) (1 win, 1 nom)
You know that feeling when you’ve got two beautiful daughters…beautiful on the inside that is, naturally – I care not a jot for physical appearances. Anyway, these two hot daughters are both looking for a man. And then the slightly better daughter (there’s always one) meets a guy called Oscar and they get married in Los Angeles in front of millions of people. And you feel bad for the other daughter because she’s still pretty ace and hot but hasn’t found a husband.
Well that’s kind of definitely exactly how John Huston presumably felt when the nominations for the 21st Academy Awards revealed that his true masterpiece The Treasure of the Sierra Madre scored a deserved four nods including Best Picture, while yet another classic in his canon Key Largo managed only a measly, solitary nomination. Continue reading
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